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First attempt at kitchen cabinet

It is made from 3/4" oak plywood, the face frame is whitewood 1x2's with a 1x3 in the middle. I wanted poplar or oak or something but Lowes only carries whitewood in precut 1x2's. I put it together with a Kreg Jig and many pocket screws and gorilla wood glue. Base is oak 2x4's. The doors will be made of 1x3's (whitewood) and 1/2" oak plywood.

First attempt at kitchen cabinet

Well when i asked about it before i made it, you guys told me not to use oak because i wanted to paint them white. So my only choice was whitewood, or drive across town to Home Depot and get poplar, if they had it in stock.

First attempt at kitchen cabinet

I'm surprised that you can't get poplar at HD. Its only marginally more expensive than white pine and much stronger. But what you have looks good. It's getting painted so your going to be fine.

However, instead of using gorilla glue, just use good wood glue. I think you will find it works better for porous wood than gorilla glue...

One other thing....I would have used melamine for the bottom shelf....then you don't have issues with paint chiping off. The melamine makes a great surface for that....and that is one place the gorilla glue does work well. But, I wouldn't take it apart just for that reason. Just future reference.

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First attempt at kitchen cabinet

HD does carry poplar, but the closest HD is 40-something miles away, whereas Lowes is only 19 miles. Lowes does not carry poplar, only red oak and whitewood. I couldnt remember who told me that, sorry. I wont be painting the bottom, just the sides of the interior and the face frame. I read on here somewhere about putting wood flooring in the bottom of the cabinet and it sounds good to me, so i think im going to put the same wood inside that is on the kitchen floor. That way it will look seamless. might not work, idk, ill just have to try it and see.

First attempt at kitchen cabinet

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Originally Posted by TrailerParadise

HD does carry poplar, but the closest HD is 40-something miles away, whereas Lowes is only 19 miles. Lowes does not carry poplar, only red oak and whitewood. I couldnt remember who told me that, sorry. I wont be painting the bottom, just the sides of the interior and the face frame. I read on here somewhere about putting wood flooring in the bottom of the cabinet and it sounds good to me, so i think im going to put the same wood inside that is on the kitchen floor. That way it will look seamless. might not work, idk, ill just have to try it and see.

Sounds like a plan to me.....we expect pictures when done.

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Even if you are on the right track, you will still get run over if you just sit there.

I love biscuits....I've used the crap out of my biscuit cutter (time to get the blade sharpened). But, even using the smallest biscuits (00 I think), it's hard to get them to work on face frames....but I use them on the bottom shelf when the outside is going to be exposed. If not exposed, I use screws.

Here is an example of one of the cabinets I made....this is out of soft maple (which is not so soft)

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Even if you are on the right track, you will still get run over if you just sit there.